Karl Schweikard von Sickingen

Karl Schweikard von Sickingen (* in the 17th century ; † March 11, 1711 in Nuremberg ) was a knight of the Teutonic Order .

Life

Karl Schweikard comes from the von Sickingen family . The son of Baron Franz Friedrich von Sickingen and Maria Esther von Ostein was accepted into the Teutonic Order in Ellingen on November 11, 1669 and worked as a kitchen and builder in the Landkommende Ellingen until 1671 . In 1671 he changed these offices to those of Tressler and House Commander.

As such, he then went to Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt). On April 23, 1676, the Grand Master appointed him House Commander in Freudenthal. After that he was in Nuremberg in the Coming operates from 1 August 1681 to 1682 as Hauskomtur.

When he was appointed Komtur von Münnerstadt on April 10, 1686 , which he remained until 1685, he settled in Mergentheim . Here he worked from 1682 to 1693 as court councilor and district president of the Grand Master .

Until 1687 he was also house commander in Mergentheim and on February 10, 1685 he was councilor of the Ballei Franken and until 1687 also commander of the commander in Regensburg and Gangkofen .

Since May 1, 1687, Commander in Nuremberg, in 1693 he resigned his political offices due to a serious illness and retired to his commandery. He also found his final resting place in her Elisabeth chapel.

literature

• Ekhard Schöffler: The German order coming Münnerstadt . Marburg 1991.